Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale©: Psychometric properties in a large cancer cohort

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1146-1151

  Watson, Maggie ^a,b   Homewood, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Cancer; Coping; MAC; Psychological response

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPLESSNESS; HOPELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL ADJUSTMENT TO CANCER SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SICK ROLE;

EID: 57649146353     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1345     Document Type: Article

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